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tenuity
noun as in delicacy
noun as in thinness
Example Sentences
This tenuity is shown by the fact that stars were seen through the tail “as if the tail did not exist.”
The sublime tenuities of Henry James, like the black music of Michael Artzibashef, are questions largely temperamental.
An example of different degrees of purity will be found in washes of water-colours of different tenuity.
With this in his hand, the workman carefully traces the outlines of his drawing, which the tenuity of the saw-blade allows the tool to follow into every curve and angle.
No better evidence of the tenuity of his connection with business is required than his outbreak in 1920, "I won't have the international bankers write the platform and nominate the candidate at Chicago."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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